Lindsay, William
soldier, lawyer, legislator, jurist, United States senator, was born Sept. 4, 1835, in Rockbridge county, Va. He served in the confederate army continuously from 1861 till 1865; and was paroled as prisoner of war at Columbus, Miss., in 1865. He resumed the practice of law in Hickman county, Ky.; and was elected state senator for the Hickman district in 1867. He was elected judge of the Kentucky court of appeals in 1870, and served till 1878. From 1876 until 1878 he was chief justice of the court; and has practiced law in Frankfort since 1878. He was elected state senator for the Frankfort district in 1889; and was appointed and served as a member of the World's Columbian commission for the country at large from the organization of the commission until 1893. He was appointed and confirmed a member of the Interstate Commerce commission in 1892, but declined to accept the appointment. He was elected United States senator on Feb. 14, 1893, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John G. Carlisle; and was re-elected in January, 1894, for the full term commencing March 4, 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.